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Happiness: ĺ䁥€_We Want to Watch TVĺ䁥ĺ

In this clip from the Independent Lens documentary Happiness, a monk talks to his young students about their desire for a television set. He questions why they think having a TV will make them happy. He warns them that what they “see and hear on TV can influence a mind negatively.”

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